Workers Cause Party (in Portuguese: Partido da Causa Operária, PCO) is a political party in Brazil. Its origins can be traced back to 1978. On that year, several Trotskyist militants who were not satisfied with the Socialist International united themselves under the name Tendкncia Trotskista do Brasil (Brazilian Trotskyist Tendency, TTB). In 1980, this organization united itself with the Worker's Party (PT), becoming very participative on that decade's municipal and state elections, having several mayors and state representatives chosen. A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... The word militant can refer to any individual engaged in warfare, a fight, combat, or generally serving as a soldier. ... The official symbol of Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is an international organisation for social democratic and democratic socialist parties. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... An organization (U.S. spelling) or organisation (U.K. spelling) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. ... Brazilian Workers Party flag. ... An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ...

In 1990 and 1991, however, several TTB members were expelled from the PT due to their non-commitment to the Party's statutes. After that, the PCO was officially organized and founded on the year 1995. This article is about the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A party is a social gathering intended primarily for celebration and recreation. ... A statute is a formal, written law of a country or state, written and enacted by its legislative authority, perhaps to then be ratified by the highest executive in the government, and finally published. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nowadays, the PCO mantains the same Trotskyist policies of its foundation.

External link

Partido da Causa Operária (in Portuguese)

Sources

http://www.pco.org.br/pco/notas.htm?target=/